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Title    Puerto Rican Nationalist Oscar López Rivera Is Freed
Date    Saturday May 20 2017, @06:37AM
Author    n1
Topic   
from the free-beer dept.
https://soylentnews.org/politics/article.pl?sid=17/05/19/2250233

butthurt writes:

The Chicago Tribune reports that Oscar López Rivera has been freed and has returned to Chicago:

Lopez was considered a top leader of the Armed Forces of National Liberation, or FALN, an ultranationalist Puerto Rican group that claimed responsibility for more than 100 bombings at government buildings, department stores, banks and restaurants in New York, Chicago, Washington and Puerto Rico during the 1970s and early '80s.

[...] former President Barack Obama commuted his sentence in January. Since then he has been on house arrest in Puerto Rico.

The National Review reports that he is to lead the Puerto Rican Day parade in June in New York City, and that

He’ll be granted the title of “National Freedom Hero,” a designation never before bestowed on anyone.

additional coverage:

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Chelsea Manning Reportedly on Obama's Short List for Commutation; Assange Offers Himself in Trade
Puerto Rico: 1 Substation Fire; All 3.5 Million People Lose Power

Original Submission

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  1. "butthurt" - https://soylentnews.org/~butthurt/
  2. "The Chicago Tribune reports" - http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-oscar-lopez-rivera-chicago-met-20170518-story.html
  3. "Oscar López Rivera" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_L%C3%B3pez_Rivera
  4. "The National Review reports" - http://www.nationalreview.com/article/447754/puerto-rican-day-parade-terrorist-problem-de-blasio
  5. "TeleSUR" - http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Oscar-Lopez-Rivera-Returns-to-His-Second-Home-Chicago-20170518-0028.html
  6. "Chicago Reporter" - http://chicagoreporter.com/oscar-lopez-rivera-returns-home-to-chicago-and-to-a-movement/
  7. "New York Post" - http://nypost.com/2017/05/18/sorry-mr-mayor-oscar-lopez-rivera-remains-an-unrepentant-terrorist/
  8. "WLS-TV" - http://abc7chicago.com/news/oscar-lopez-rivera-celebrated-in-humboldt-park/2010054/
  9. "HuffPost" - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/oscar-lopez-rivera-chicago_us_591dec2ee4b03b485cafbe88
  10. "Chelsea Manning Released from Prison, Remains on Active Duty Pending Appeal" - https://soylentnews.org/politics/article.pl?sid=17/05/17/1743259
  11. "Puerto Rico Files for Biggest Ever U.S. Local Government Bankruptcy" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/05/06/0329237
  12. "Chelsea Manning Reportedly on Obama's Short List for Commutation; Assange Offers Himself in Trade" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/01/13/148228
  13. "Puerto Rico: 1 Substation Fire; All 3.5 Million People Lose Power" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=16/09/25/1038243
  14. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=20300
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